tHE Following Coast Guard all coast message announces our very own ANSO MAA, LT C. K. Moore, as this years 2010 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE (NAACP) ROY WILKINS RENOWNED SERVICE AWARD WINNER!  Read below to learn more about his accomplishments. 

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SUBJ: 2010 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE

(NAACP) ROY WILKINS RENOWNED SERVICE AWARD WINNER

1. IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE THAT I ANNOUNCE THE SELECTION OF LT COMMANDER K. MOORE OF LANTAREA AS THE COAST GUARD RECIPIENT OF THE 2010 NAACP ROY WILKINS RENOWNED SERVICE AWARD. ROY WILKINS WAS AN AMERICAN SOCIAL REFORMER AND CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER WHO SERVED CONTINUOUSLY AS THE NAACP EXECUTIVE SECRETARY AND LATER AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FROM 1955 TO 1977. AS TESTAMENT TO HIS LEGACY, THIS AWARD WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1980 TO RECOGNIZE INDIVIDUALS WHO EMBODIED THE SPIRIT OF EQUALITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS.

2. LT MOORE DEMONSTRATED SUPERIOR LEADERSHIP WHILE SERVING AS THE HUMAN RELATIONS COUNCIL (HRC) CHAIRPERSON WHILE ASSIGNED TO COAST GUARD SECTOR NEW YORK. HE DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF BY REINVIGORATING THE HRC, WHICH TRIPLED ITS MEMBERSHIP UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP, AND HE DRAMATICALLY ENHANCED THE SECTORS PARTNERSHIP IN EDUCATION (PIE) PROGRAM, UTILIZING SUPERB INTERPERSONAL SKILLS, LT MOORE DEVELOPED A PIE NETWORK OF HRC MEMBERS AND OUTLYING SECTOR UNITS TO MEET THE OVERWHELMING REQUEST FOR PIE SUPPORT FROM MORE THAN TWENTY SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES. LT MOORES EXTRAORDINARY CHARACTER AND DEDICATION HAS RESULTED IN MANY HONORS INCLUDING: SELECTION AS A PANELIST FOR THE 2009 THURGOOD MARSHALL COLLEGE FUND LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE, GUEST SPEAKER AT THE PUBLIC SCHOOL 184 GRADUATION CEREMONY, AND AN INVITATION TO SERVE ON THE JUNIOR OFFICER HEROS PANEL FOR ECLIPSE WEEKEND AT THE COAST GUARD ACADEMY. LT MOORE HAS ALSO BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR REACTIVATING THE NATIONAL NAVAL OFFICERS ASSOCIATION (NNOA) BIG APPLE CHAPTER AND THE ASSOCIATION FOR NAVAL SERVICE OFFICERS (ANSO) ADMIRAL DAVID FARRAGUT NEW YORK CHAPTER, TWO NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED MILITARY AFFINITY GROUPS.

3. LT MOORE WILL BE PRESENTED THE ROY WILKINS RENOWNED SERVICE AWARD AT THE NAACP ANNUAL ARMED SERVICES AND VETERANS AFFAIRS AWARDS DINNER IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI ON 13 JULY 2010.

4. DETAILS REGARDING THE NAACP CENTENNIAL CONVENTION CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.NAACP.ORG.

5. RELEASED BY CAPT E.G. FAUX, ACTING DIRECTOR, CIVIL RIGHTS DIRECTORATE, USCG.